Super 8

[Miallmon]

I need some clarification here:
1. What is a trimmer?
2. Was medical attention summoned because of injuries sustained from the madman with the fungo bat or just from partying too hard?
3. Did the victim suffer a heart attack?
Any clarification on these would be helpful

[Sirk]

1. It's "Tremor in a t-shirt, telling me her heart hurt." Just picture a girl sobbing so hard that her body is shaking. What a line.

2 & 3. I think the narrator was so intoxicated that he started having breathing problems in his sleep. Alcohol is a depressant and alcohol poisoning does lead to breathing issues especially when sleeping. So they "slapped him back to life" to wake him up and they gave him a bunch of Pedialyte to get him hydrated.

[Barely_Oakely]

1. A Trimmer is slang for a girl. Usually a smaller sexy girl.
Plural for Trimmer is not Trimmers, but rather Trim. Used in a sentence: "If I was in a band I bet I would get a lot of Trim."
At least that's how we roll up North.

[Sirk]

Official lyric is "tremor", which makes sense for a sobbing heartbroken girl. However, the similarity to "trimmer" could also be intentional, adding yet another layer to an already fantastic line.

[Sirk]

BTW, I have never heard the singular "trimmer." I've heard "trim" and wondered if "trimmer" was a southern variation, or if he was saying "tremor", which would make sense in the case of a girl sobbing so hard about her heartbreak that she was shaking.

Then I saw the CD lyric sheet says "tremor", but if "trimmer" is indeed a singular slang term for "trim", then the added allusion makes that line even more awesome.

I saw Jason in Akron last night and he closed his main set with Super 8. People were screaming for it throughout the show too. It's a ton of fun live, especially with addition of rip-roaring guitar solos. And each and every trimmer was a dancing tremor during that song. Ha. But seriously, I saw a lot of young women not only singling along, but flat out DANCING along to that song. I'm not used to people dancing like that at an Isbell show.

I have a feeling that one's going to be a live staple for years to come. Definitely a crowd-pleaser.

[Miallmon]

He rocked it out in KC When he was here last week. I think it will be his "Casino Queen" for a long time. Dual guitars were great.

[Tequila Cowboy]

The first time I heard the record I thought this track stuck out like a sore thumb. Not that I didn't like it, I just thought it didn't quite fit. Yeah, I was wrong. While not my favorite song on the record it's one I crank to 11 every time it comes on. Might be the best pure rocker Jason has ever written (Try comes in a close second).

[Iowan]

The first time I heard the record I thought this track stuck out like a sore thumb. Not that I didn't like it, I just thought it didn't quite fit. Yeah, I was wrong. While not my favorite song on the record it's one I crank to 11 every time it comes on. Might be the best pure rocker Jason has ever written (Try comes in a close second).

Is Decoration Day a pure rocker? I think its close. Also, I know you aren't a fan, but I'd "Never Gonna Change" right there.

Super 8 is a great song though.

[Tequila Cowboy]

The first time I heard the record I thought this track stuck out like a sore thumb. Not that I didn't like it, I just thought it didn't quite fit. Yeah, I was wrong. While not my favorite song on the record it's one I crank to 11 every time it comes on. Might be the best pure rocker Jason has ever written (Try comes in a close second).

Is Decoration Day a pure rocker? I think its close. Also, I know you aren't a fan, but I'd "Never Gonna Change" right there.

Super 8 is a great song though.

I'd call Decoration Day a mid tempo number myself, but it does rock as it gets rolling. If you include it, sure, that's the best one. NGC just doesn't do a whole lot for me, but I realize that's a minority opinion. I have some of those. Try saying you don't like watermelon at a farmer's market in Mississippi...

[Duke Silver]

I'm warming up to Super 8, but I don't think it's in the same league as NGC, John Henry, Try, Go It Alone, or even Good.

[Smitty]

Best Isbell rocker? John Henry.

[Iowan]

John Henry.

Wouldn't have initially qualified it as a "rocker", but I fucking love that one, and yeah, it probably is a rocker. One of my favorite Isbell songs, and one of the more underrated tracks in his canon.

Good call.

[coornelius]

Has Isbell ever shed any light on why John Henry has never been a regular part of his post-DBT repertoire? I know he's played it at a few solo acoustic shows, but I miss hearing it given the full band treatment.